Joey Bosa has pass-rush of the week: Reviewing his spin and sack

As long as my buddy John Owning is writing about the Chargers, you’ll find it here. John reviews defensive line performances every week. This week, he coined Chargers defensive end Joey Bosa as having the ‘pass-rush of the week.’ Deservedly so, as Bosa had a game-changing sack. In three weeks, Bosa has made the list two times. That tells you the type of player 99 is. Especially if he’s catching the eye of somebody that is breaking down each teams performance.

You’ll have to click the link to see the GIF, but here’s the analysis:

On this play, Bosa has a wide outside alignment over Feiler. Once the ball is snapped, Bosa explodes out of his stance and pushes vertical, looking to stress Feiler’s pass set. But Feiler was quicker out of his stance and beat Bosa to the intersection point, the spot between the defensive end’s alignment and the apex of the quarterback’s drop.

Still, Bosa feints as if he is going to use a rip move to shorten to the corner and bend toward the quarterback, attempting to get Feiler to react or lean outside, which is exactly what happens. This opens the space necessary for Bosa’s counter-spin.

Bosa’s counter-spin is hit fluidly with little wasted motion, allowing him to maintain his momentum and balance through the move so he can continue pursuing the quarterback and finish with a sack.

Bosa will face Andre Smith, who he had his way with a couple weeks ago when Smith was apart of the Cardinals. He’s currently the Bengals right tackle, I believe. If not, it’ll be Bobby Hart. Who Von Miller did this to last week: